If you would prefer to remove directories using Linux commands, open your command line interface. In Ubuntu, press Ctrl-Alt-T to open the command line — this varies by distro.

Removing files and directories using the Linux command line is very efficient and can be used directly, or when accessing a system remotely.

Learn the basics of directory management in Linux using the command line tool.

In another entry of his Linux 101 series, Jack Wallen shows you how to delete files and folders from Linux using the Command Line Interface (CLI).

To recursively remove empty directories, you could try a mix of the find and rmdir commands. For example, this command would remove numerous directories yet leave all the populated ones: ...

In case you want to delete all the content of a Linux directory (including all the files and subdirectories), there are very simple and fast ways to achieve that. Here we explain to you everything you ...

The command line is not only powerful, it can also be dangerous. Learn how to use commands for deleting files and folders correctly to make sure your time with Terminal is a productivity godsend ...

If you're managing Linux users from the command line, these are the tools you need.